Canniah Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Canniah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 41 | 1:31,547 | 6,386 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
Canniah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Canniah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Canniah is held by more people in Mauritius than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Canniah? popularity and diffusion
Canniah is the 2,876,555th most frequently held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Canniah live; 89 percent live in Southern Africa and 89 percent live in Southern African Indian Ocean.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Mauritius, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 31,547. In Mauritius it is mostly concentrated in: Plaines Wilhems District, where 78 percent reside, Moka District, where 10 percent reside and Pamplemousses District, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Mauritius it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 4 percent reside and Canada, where 2 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Canniah
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